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I installed Git for Windows (the portable version) and added "C:/Program Files/Git/bin" to my system path variable. When I did this it messed up my make that I have installed from Mingw-w64.

When I run the command to build my project (make all), I get this error:

process_begin: CreateProcess(NULL, echo compiling src/prototype-main.cpp, ...) failed.
make (e=2): The system cannot find the file specified.
make: *** [make/targets.make:40: src/prototype-main.o] Error 2

When I remove it from my path variable, it works fine again. What's up with that? The only files in the "Git/bin" directory are: 

bash.exe
git.exe
sh.exe
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I figured out that you need to put the "cmd" directory into the path, NOT the "bin" directory. This is definitely odd to me still, and I still have no idea why it messes up make if you put the "bin" directory on the path.

In the portable version of Git for Windows, there is a file called "README.portable". It tells you to (alternatively to using the git-bash or git-cmd terminals) put the "cmd" directory on the path and use git directly.

If anybody knows why make breaks if the "bin" directory is on the path, I would still like to know what is going on.

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